# On BIP-110

A statement from xbt.im. August 9, 2026 (01:50 UTC)

On August 8, 2026, at block 961632, a proposal known as BIP-110 entered its mandatory signaling phase. Formally titled the Reduced Data Temporary Softfork, it sought to limit the size of arbitrary data fields in Bitcoin transactions for roughly one year, with inscription-style data as its primary target. Activation required 55 percent miner support. Support stood near 2.5 percent when the signaling window opened. Nodes enforcing the proposal rejected the first non-signaling block and followed a minority branch, which subsequently fell behind the chain the rest of the network follows as more blocks confirmed. As of this writing, Bitcoin continues as before.

The design principle of our Structured records was never at risk. The free Structured tier batches records into a Merkle tree and commits a single hash to the chain. Bitcoin bears witness to our Structured records, but it doesn't store them. A footprint that small sits comfortably inside even BIP-110's conservative vision of what belongs in a block. The protocol's paid Authored tier is designed to write inscriptions, which fall firmly into the very category this proposal took aim at. Had the proposal activated, that path would have been challenged. We watched calmly, because we're prepared to adjust to the network consensus if it changes.

If a future proposal of this kind earns the support of the network's majority, we will defer to it, as everyone who builds on Bitcoin ultimately must. We rent Bitcoin's consensus for its timestamp precisely because no one, including us, can manipulate it. The conservatism that may occasionally shape our engineering choices is the same conservatism that makes our records permanent.

So that no mind is forgotten.